Has served as the Chairman of Private Practice Committee for American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Has also served on committees of Directors of Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship Programs and International Relationships Committee with the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Currently serving on Pennsylvania Forensic Rights and Treatment Conference-Program Planning Committee.

2004- Consultant, Department of State - Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, PA

As a contractor for Department of State of Pennsylvania, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, services contracted for assessments of impaired professionals and licensing related issues. Contractual agreement with United States Pretrial Services includes forensic psychiatric assessments of defendants and assistance to Court in offering opinions regarding competency to stand trial, criminal responsibility and dispositional issues, etc. In Forensic Practice formulated over 1000 opinions for State and Federal Courts, Governmental Agencies and Insurance Companies in areas related to insanity defense, diminished capacity, capital sentencing/mitigation, sex offenders, competency to stand trial, competency to waive Miranda Rights, testimonial capacity,testamentary capacity, fitness for duty, ADA/employment issues, psychiatric malpractice, personal injury, disability, etc.As a contractor for New Jersey Department of Human Services activities include forensic evaluations of sex offenders and offering opinions to the court regarding civil commitment. As a contractor for Gaudenzia (Philadelphia) clinical activities include development of treatment plan, psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation of mentally ill dually diagnosed patients from general population, as well as inmates conditionally released from the City and State Correctional facilities. Services at Gaudenzia - Kindred House included consultations, development of treatment plan, psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation of dually diagnosed pregnant women or women with young children.

ACADEMIC AFFILIATION:

1998- DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE (MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Director, Psychiatry and Law Program

AWARDS:

1999-2000 and 2001-2002

Teacher of The Year Award, MCP HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY, Department of Psychiatry

PRIOR OCCUPATIONS:

1998-2000:

Program Director, Correctional Mental Health Services for the City of Philadelphia Prison System.

Directing, Supervising and Providing Clinical Services for the mentally ill inmates in Philadelphia Prison System and Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations for the City Courts

1997-98 MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA Richmond, Virginia Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Director, Psychiatry and Law Program Forensic Psychiatrist, Central State Hospital, Forensic Unit

1996-97 NEW ORLEANS FORENSIC AFTER CARE CLINIC New Orleans, Louisiana Outpatient treatment, evaluations and monitoring of NGRI's (individuals found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity) and of conditionally released mentally ill

1998-2000 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Program Director, Correctional Mental Health Services for the City of Philadelphia Prison System/Providing Clinical Services for the mentally ill inmates in Philadelphia Prison System and Forensic Psychiatric Evaluations for the City Courts

Has conducted over fifty lectures, workshops and seminars on the topics related to psychiatry and the law, including insanity defense, diminished capacity, capital sentencing, sex offender evaluations, competency to stand trial, competency to waive Miranda Rights, testimonial capacity / competency to testify as a witness, violence risk assessment, suicide risk assessment, psychiatric malpractice, standards of care, risk management, provision of psychiatric services in jails and prisons / correctional psychiatry, ethics in the practice of forensic psychiatry, testamentary capacity / competency to make a will, psychiatric disability evaluations, psychiatric evaluations under Americans with Disabilities Act, sexual harassment, detection of malingering and exaggeration of signs and symptoms of mental illness...Voted as teacher of the year by graduating class of psychiatry residents at Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University in 1999-2000 and 2001-2002.

Terms: By using ExpertPages and/or by submitting a request to an expert you are representing and warranting that your request is not for purposes of marketing or solicitation, and you are agreeing that under no circumstances will we or our affiliates, or any expert listed on our sites be responsible for (1) any information contained on or omitted from our sites, (2) any person's reliance on any such information, whether or not the information is correct, current or complete, (3) the consequences of any action you or any other person takes or fails to take, whether or not based on information provided by or as a result of the use of this site. We and our affiliates also have no responsibility for (4) any person's satisfaction with any expert, whether relating to the expert's qualifications, diligence, or otherwise, (5) the results of any advice or testimony given by any expert, or (6) the failure or refusal of any expert to respond to you. You are also agreeing that no out-of-state expert will be subject to jurisdiction in your state simply by responding to your inquiry.

Verification Code

← Enter verification code

Important: Experts listed on ExpertPages.com generally respond to requests for information from lawyers, legal support personnel, corporate, insurance company, media or government agencies when the request concerns an actual matter that might appropriately require the expert's regular professional services.

If this matter is urgent, please indicate the time frame involved and also contact the expert by telephone and say you got his or her name on ExpertPages. Your submitting a request for information, and any response from the expert does not mean that you, your firm or its client(s) have consulted or engaged the expert.